St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-29
IN THE WEST HOTEL LOBBY.


Clerk Hartman was loquacious last
evening. He gaZed on the plastered
eyebrow of the scribe, and limited at the
lack of experience with the gloves
which permitted a blackeHed optic. EX-
plantations were received with ill-di s.
guised incredulity. 1t was apropos of
the bruised member that Clerk Harri-
man began. Funny how vain it is to
attempt to explain an accident like that;
L remember the first time that L put on
roller SkateS-it was eight or nine years
ago when was in Boston, and four fell
lows of us went down to Nantasket
Beach. L circled the hall once by
l, got round 1 felt brave
and concluded to go it alone. l let go
the. baniSter rail, and Immediately felt
my feet slipping out in opposite direc-
tons. l clutched frantically at the rail
ing. but missing it my head struck in
such way as to give me horrible
black eye. 1t was black for a week.
Whenever | told people how l got that
black eye-and | told thousands-the
looked at me in a funny sort of way, or
they made invidiouS remarks about my
abilities as a Sparrer, invariably they
made me understand how little they be-
lieved me. | gave it up. l never eX-
plain accidents now. | would advise
you not to tell anybody how you got that
ornament. They wont believe YOU"
~
AT this juncture the eX-first-and-a-
half lieutenant of the Makwa TOboggan
club sauntered up to the desk and, beam
ing lovingly on his brother Lurline, be-
gan to talk 'eQuatics,' to make use of
new synonym of aquaticS-fOr which
the Trib will shortly get patent-and
Clerk Hartman trimmed the sails of his
conversational craft to suit the new
barge. He was full of watery reminiS-
cenceS. Little Sawed OFF, spoke
grandilOQuently of training for a great
race, in which he is to win undying
laurels, on the Fourth of July. He
rows hard, then takes a plunge, then
rubS himself down with a real rough
crash towel. then is rubbed down with
alcohol to put his muscles in good trim.
Mr.. Hartman listened respectfully,
That is all right, l suppose, but
| don't train that way. Why, |
began training last summer and at the
end OF two weeks / actually weighed
two pounds more than when l began-it
Just gave an appetite. l was not a walk
ing skeleton by any means, so / quit
training. When L row | take it leis-
urely. 1t always takes me an hOur-and-
a-half to row around Calhoun in single
scull. An hour-and-a-half is good time
for me. l have a good time while | am
rowing-that's what l row for. One
day last summer four of us went out on
the 80 morning train and got into the
four-oared. We pulled leisurely over to
the spring, then around the lake, and
when within few hundred yards of the
house the stroke called for good squirt
home. We had taken Off our shirts at
the spring, and only had our pants on.
Well, sir, l never sweat 50 in my
life. Sweat! why, it run into
my eyes so L couldn't see
a thing, and L tried to blow it out
couldn't do it. l never was so hot and
never was so lame as that squirt made
me. l don't row in the four-oared any
more. l don't row with anybody UNI
less | can drop my oars when | feel
like it. l row for pleasure. There is no
fun If you have to work hard" And |
am not sure but Clerk Harriman'S
philosophy, though it will never make
champion sculler, is eminently sound
for Observation-Disclosures,
**
After the Browndale cattle sale Oh
Tuesday, several prominent stock men
assembled at the Nicollst were telling
VI odiCo tllCy nett dUtclltlGu, WlleQ one
old campaigner gave this one: Brown
got good prices to-day-very good con-
sidering the year, but tell you the day
is past for fancy prices in stock. l re-
member several years ago-it was in rs
I attended Bedford's sale of Short
horns. in Paris, Ky. If remember right
Judy was the auctioneer. Prices had
been stiff all day, and atlast that mag
nificent bull, 21St Duke of Ardrie, was
brought into the ring. Bidding was
brisk, and it was soon evident that it
would take a big pile to get
him. The thing became very exciting.
A crowd of New York men were on
one side the auctioneer, and some big
Illinois cattle men stood opposite. The
bid flew from side to side and everybody
got interested. Bets were made as to
who would capture the bull-the East or
the West-the price ran up to $4,000,
and at last the Duke was knocked down
to the Illinois crowd, who fairly howled
themselves hOarse over their victory.
What was the price? L have forgotten
the exact figures. but it was almost as
much as Brown got for his entire bunch
to-day-and the bull was considered
worth the money, too"